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No. 230,545. Patented July 27,1880.

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Lounge Bed. No. 230,545. Patentedluly 27,18 80.

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SAMUEL GRAVES, OF NORTH WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOUNGE-BED.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 230,545, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed June 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL GRAVES, a resident of North Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Sofas or Lounges, commonly termed Lounge-Beds, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to that type of lounges which are so constructed that when required they can be widened and turned into a bed, the legs and head and foot boards being placed in recesses formed for their reception when the device is being used as a lounge; and it consists in certain combinations and arrangements of the parts of which it is composed, which are designed to facilitate the changing of the positions of the parts in converting it from a lounge to a bed, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

The description and operation of my invention will be fully explained hereinafter.

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device when used as a lounge, showing the manner of storing the head-board when not in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lounge with the top thrown up to allow the extension to be opened, also showing the foot-board when not in use. Fig.

3 is a perspective view of the lounge when opened out for use as a bed, the head and foot boards being adjusted. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the extension, showing the mode of adjusting the legs. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the back of the lounge. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the foot-board. Fig. 7 is perspective view of the lug used for at taching the back to the body of the lounge. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the stirrup in which the lug shown in Fig. 7 rests.

The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication of identical parts.

The bed portion of lounge consists of three parts or sections, A, B, and O, the two former being hinged together, preferably at the head,

by means of the hinges A A, so-that the upper section can be tilted up into the position shown in Fig. 2, to admit of the opening of the hinged extension part 0.

The hinging of thepart A at its end, so as to cause it in being tilted to assume a vertical position, forms an important feature of my invention, as it enables the change from a lounge to a bed to be made in a room the width of which is not sufficient to allow it to be turned horizontally, and it also renders it more convenient to arrange the bedding upon the part 0 when it has been turned into a position to receive it. This extension rests in the lower section of the body, and is hinged to the rear side rail of it, upon which hinges it. swings when turned back to form a bed. The crosspieces of this frame are grooved, said grooves being covered with slotted plates D D, to receive the headed bolts E E, attached to the legs E E, and hold them in place. After the legs have been adjusted, the buttons F F, attached to the frame G near the slotted plates, are turned, thus preventing the legs from falling out while the frame is being turned back or while being moved about the room, the extension being down.

G is the head-board, formed with projections or lugs, which, when not in use, is held in a recess formed in the arm H of the lounge, be-

hind the cross-piece H, and can only be re-- inclined recess, I, in the extension, forming a head-board for it.

K is the foot-board, constructed, as shown, with two swinging arms, K K, which shut up into recesses in the foot-piece, like the blades of a knife, as indicated in dotted-lines in Fig. 6, so that when notin use the board may be placed between the frameO and the front side of the section B. When required for use the swingin g arms are opened and. enter slots in the ex tension near the foot.

L is the back of the lounge, and is provided with lugs m m and stirrup a, which, when the back is in place, engage corresponding stirrups O and lug P on the back of the body B and arm H, forming dovetails, which securely hold the hack in position.

The device being used a lounge and itis desired to convert it into a bed, the operation is as follows: Remove the back and turn the upper section on end; remove the legs, head and foot boards and adjust the legs to the extension, turning the buttons against them, and turn it back until the legs rest on the floor; then lower the top section and adjust the head and foot boards.

I am aware that convertible lounges have heretofore been patented; but my invention is distinguished from those in the manner of extending and of disposing of the head and foot boards.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a lounge or sofa designed to be converted into a bed at pleasure, the combination slide in the inclined recess I in the portion 0,

the parts being constructed and arranged for operation as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL GRAVES. Witnesses:

JOSEPH L. NEWTON, IRA B. NEWGOMB. 

